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Local Pastor Sues Ark. Bus Company For $45,000
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HI, MOM: That'* what Mrs. Sallie Blue of 396 Grand
West, Highland Park, heard last Wednesday when she
»poke seven minutes over the telephone to her son, Pvt.
Jesse Robertson, an exchanged PW who is in a Tokyo
hospital. Listening with equally joy is his stepfather,
James Blue. (See Story Below)
Refuses to Sit
In Rear of Bus.
Arrest Follows
By Special Correspondence
KITTLE ROCK, Ark.—A Detroit minister testified
h.tove a Federal court jury here last week that hi* a next
lor violating this state’* segregation laws caused hint
'hoik, humiliation and lost of liis voice to the tune of
Mo.MOO m damages.
He i» the Rrv. Fletcher Walker,
prMor of the John Wesley Meth
odist Church of River Rouge.
Prfendsnt is the Capitol Trans,
portaticn Cos., operators of this
city's bus transportation sys
tem.
In I ~u 1 1• Rev. Mi Walkei i*
l i. riR SIO,OOO for humiliation,
l'ko sum fm medical cost* and
'1 >OOO fm lossi lmm i hu*iiies.«
<<■l incurred because of In* nr-
The l a.-tm. who lives ..t I
La uyh terlim e in
I lame aS tihe Stines
l!’:< Inughtertimc in the home of the Hints, now!
Mrs. Sallie Blue isn’t in the mood her name implies
anymore, nor does she doubly have to leave the health of
her freed soldier-son to God in prayer.
turned In sorrow when
n( Hi 1 1 rut told tha* he 1 son
| Pvt. Jr >e Robertson, its .01 cx
-1 I‘inge prisoner, suffered serious
"tur’«• (hen Inter informed that
■ u,v virtually blind and his
Pi a t was hazy concerning h <
voirip.mv a nd lus homelife.
batt Wednesday nighl the
'Hu 1 of two sons, who rooms
v (o, > Grand West, Highland
r ’’ t'. talked over the telephone
"" hint from a hospital in Tokyo
t'ven (short) minutes.
Thoit seven minutes let her
know that her prayers that had
Joe Louis Story'
Backers Return
, NEW YORK—The ‘Joe Louis
Story’’ film has been resumed
;,nf l is scheduled to be finished
*’V early fall after being tempo
r Tily shelved because of finan
' ial difficulties.
About a month ago. three
Persons interested in backing
J he movie had notions that the
him would not catch tha pub
il* #y *‘ R# P° rl « d, Y- on# ■* ,h#
**t moment reinvested the
Previously pledged um.
mis allows shooting to restart
the project was again under
lay.
The picture is to be distributed
_ v United Artists on a nation
basis which is expected in
/tk ***®*ttoo of the original
‘ ’hack of financial support.
I'inti It On -
Commentator 3
Editorial . .... 4
Scorns to Oaks ... 4
Eegala 6
Snorts 7
Modern Crusader - • 8
Kiiison. was jnested'last Aug. 20
Im sitting down in a mini scat
>1 the hie in violation ot an Ark- !
ms,is law which requires N'» groes
m fill buses from rear to front.
Convicted m a Pulaski County
mitt he wa* fined fifteen do!-
ilats. Payment of the fine is being
delayed until .settlement of the
Id: mage -mt.
rii Hips A.-kt".. .lies < on.party
official, told the jury that the
i firm's seating regulation* weie
i based on the Ai kansas state law.
been doubled for her son’s
health had been answered. In
fact, it was the very first
second.
For uhi'ii he M.ckcd up tii«’
1 ereivei lie heard * Hi. mom."
’ I couldn’t believe he knew it
Install 'First'
Catholic Bishop
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (Special)
1 —The first Negro ever installed
jas a Roman Catholic bishop in
| the United States was conse-
I crated here last Wednesday be
fore some 15,000 persons.
The rites conducted by Fran
ces Cardinal Spellman, archbis
hop of New York, had the Most
Rev. Joseph Bowers, S. V. D..
prostate himself before the al
tar of the Lady of tha Gulf
Church to be invested at bishop
i of Accra, Africa.
Looking on was an unsegre- j
gated audience, predominately of
Negroes which had come lai dis
j lances for the special ceremonies.
Local residents were urged to 1
, remain at home because ot lack 1
of accommodations and possible
1 friction
‘Lazy* Gets Vacation
Being "just plain lazy" earned
Cleveland Owens a vacation for
a week, but it is being spent at
the House of Correction.
Owens, of 2495 St. Aubin, ap
pearing before Traffic Judge
James D Watts on a driving
without a license charge, ex
plained that he knew he needed
(a license to drive but hr was
•‘just too lazy to get one.
After noting that Owen* had
thice other convictions for the
same offense Judge Watts gave
him a seven dav vacation to ie*
stoie his energy.
FORD DEARBORN UNIT
TO UPGRADE WOKRERS
10c Detroit Tribune
VOLUME 31— NUMBER 11
REALTOR S EX-WIFE GETS HALF OF
QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE
Divorce Decision Handed
Against A. Cartwright
Almost ludf of the $279,000 estate ol Arthur Cart
wright, local real estate mat and political leader, was
awarded in a divorce decision la*l Wednesday to his wife.
Thelma.
The operator of the Arthur
Cartwright Investment Com
pany of 4129 Beaukieu v*Js alao
ordered to pay hit wife SIOO
weekly for support of heraelf
and their live children by Cir
cuit Judge Thomaa F. Maher.
(Hounds of divotie was cruelty
ju the suit which was filed nearly
year ago.
Mrs Cartwright wa* awarded
w , :. • >n I a-krd him II he
was sue, and lie laughed just
a lie always did," she said, “and
1 knew mv prayers had necn
answered."
In answer to het inquiry about
his eyesight, the proud mother
«vj> f"ld that they would be okay
111 a little while. There's wasn’t
just too much wrong with him,
the son added
Now. Mr*. Blue ii happy
again, for the is certain that
proper treatment and a moth
er's love and prayers will maye
him happy and well once more.
Seeminßly, just as quick as joy
can be turned to sorrow, prayer
ran as speedily turn sorrow into
j«»y.
Kappa Guide Right Caree
Parley Draws 100 Seniors
Some 100 seniors from numerous high schools sought
counsel in eleven career fields Inst Friday night during the
Guide Right Program of,the Detroit Alumni Chapter of
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
Hald at tha Kappa Kastla
at 269 Crskine. the program
seeks to guide youth into those
fields best suited to their apti
tudes and interests to better
serve in later life.
Counselors were drawn from
all branches of endeavor in the
city for the career groups which
were preceeded by a banquet for
the students and a general as
sembly which told of the pur
poses and a ms of the conference.
Group List
I’aieer groups were listed a*
Bus mess. Biological Sciences,
Home Economies, Engineering,
Journalism. Law and Real Po
tato. Nursing, Pharmacy and
Chemistry. Social Work, Teach
ing and Trades.
Presiding over the General As
sembly was Harvey Jackson,
counselor. Highland Park High
School, wh le the welcome ad
drevs was by Floyd Peniek, De
troii Alumni Polemaieh
Ernest T Marshall. Guidance-
Placement Department. Detroit
Crusader For The In*.noble Triumphant Divine Rights ot Man
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1953
property valued at $137.f»H8. in
cluding the residence «t ;VJS At A
■ m n Park, a hotel at <lO \iudison i
nnd an apartment building at 1
I'JOJ’.l Virginia Park
The Cartwright? were Ilia: lied
|Mi,ich IS. 1937 and separate; mi
■ Nov. 5, 1951.
i Besides his extensive • iav j
dialings. Cartwright is .and o a
j Wcyne-County eonstable lioin
; the Seventh Ward.
Patterson Freed
In Contempt Case
WASHINGTON (Special) A
dismissal ot a contempt »>l Con
gress indictment against William
L. Patterson, lace official of the
allegedly left-wing Civil Right*
Congress, wa* upheld by the
United States Court of Apia .tls
last Thursday.
The indictment was lodged af
ter Patterson ignored a subpena •
issued by the foi mer llou-e
, Lobby Investigating Committee j
to produce document* relating to
j the CCR.
The Court of Appeals ruled
; unanimously that the subpena (
, exceeded the authority vested hy
the House to the committee. Pat- 1
I teison was tried on a earlier '
i contempt charge which resulted
I in a hung jury.
j Public Schools, explained 'career
counseling" after the puipu* of
the guide right career confrrcni<
wu told hv Finest Davenport,
CPA
Brief Talks
How to Choose and Plan a
j Career and How to Get a Job
I were brief talks by John Smi-
I nions, counselor, Michigan Em
ployment Securities Commission,
iand John T Glover. Russell
School teacher, respectively.
A film titled "Stay in School"
was projected by u U. S. Navy
Recruiting officer and musical
selections were by the Alpha Beta
■ chapter Scroller Club. Fllis Bon
ner was on piano.
Can't Get Housing Leaves Kids with City
BROOKLYN, N. Y. —(CNS)-
Disgusted over having to wait so
long for a low-rent apaitment,
the wife of a Welfare Depait
men» social investigator, took
drmtic steps by leaving her four
voting sons at the New York
Apl Rfr J3 sjß Bv .JJ
PASTOR HONORED: The
Rev. A. A. Banks. Jr., pastor oi
Seccnd Baptist Church, was
presented a scroll Sunday af
ternoon by Councilman Del
Smith for outstanding com
Cobo Defies Petitions to
Set-Up City Amity Group
The new City t'ommisHion on ('ommunity Relations
was set-u p last week to replace the old Mayor’s Inter
racial Committee despite an attack on the ordinance I
which created it.
Mayor Cobo defied petition*
being circulated to force the
ordinance to a referendum vote
In the Sept. 15 Primary by
naming 15 communion mem
ber*.
Established as a permanent or
ganization unlike its predecessor,
the Commission will bo activated
Mi.y 14 unless 30.000, .signatures
are obtained on the petitions by
that date.
Four New Members
Four new names have been
added to the list which includes
all members of the interracial
committee -that was established
by Mayor Jeffrie- liortly after ’
thi iace riots in 104 t
New members air; Leo J. No*
wicki, DSR general manager, city
di partment leader, Mrs. Isabel
Wietersen. 8308 N Cambridge,
West Side civic groups; Mrs. Mar
tha Wentz. 13658 Lappin. Fast I
Side civic groups, and C. Rrad
fold Hitt, 786 Lincoln. Downtown
Property Association, the latter
thiee as citi/.en members
Other Citisan Member*
Other citizen members ol the
new commission are: the Rev.
Fr. John K. Coogan of the Pni
vi raitv of Detroit Sociology De
partment. Mrs. Golden G. Krolik,
88.'i W. Chicago, representing
J» wish groups, James A. McFall,
City Housing Authority office
The children left behind ranged
Irum eight months to five years.
The youngest was taker to Fond*
lin'i Hospital and the other* to
the Children’s Shelter. i
PRICE 10c
munity work during celebra
tion of the 117th anniversary
of the church. Left to right:
Mrs, Banks. Rev. Mr. Banks,
Francis Kornegay, and Council
man Smith.
Ia mortician. 103 Woodland Ches
j ter Smith, an attorney. 4803 Mr.
• Cldlan: Edward M. Tui nei also
an attorney, MOO Beaubien
Other city department heads
appointed are: Police Cnmnus
; stoner Leonard. John J Consi
dir.e, superintendent of the De
partment of Parks and Rocrea*
9
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BECKY WRIGHT JOINS
GATELY’S SALES FORCE—
Drop in to Gately* and meet
Mia* Rebecca (Becky) Wright.
Mi*t Wright has joined Gately’•
sale* force to become the first
colored sale* lady H a Detroit
Credit ttore. Gately * .has sat
the pace, a* always it's Gately'*
with another first. We suggest
you visit Beck at Gataly's.
Help yourself by helpinq Becky
launch her new career. Gately *
is different; they will treet you
right.
PRICE 10c
Churches to
SpurNAACP
* NEW VOHK.— Plans fur rally-
Lug nuiion-wide church support
f for the program of the National
I As uciution for the Advancement
|of Colored People wpic foirnu
jlafed at a conference of church
lleaders and NAACP oflicials here
| last vvek. with Bishop Stephen
G. Spottswnod of the AME Zion
Church presiding.
The meeting was lulled hv the
Re v Walter P Otfutt. Jr..
I NAACP church .-ecretury. in
compliance with a resolution
adopted at the Association's 43rd
annual convention in Oklahoma
Citv last June Ministers repre
senting live icgional areas par
ticipated m the one-dav con
ference
Among letommendations <ip
pioved by the ministers was one
calling for the appointment of a
special church committee at the
44th annual NAACP convention.
1 turn. Harry J Durbin director
i .'d i etary of the Detioit Housing
| Commission: Arthur Dondineau,
superintendent of public schools;
Dr Joseph G. Molnor, luperin
t> ndent of public health; Daniel
.1 Ryan, superintendent of the
Welfare Department
Attorney Seeks Vote
Originator of the petitions m < k
ug h referendum voie is Howell
S. White, an attorney represent
ing the Home-Owner Civic and
Improvement Association.
Malan Vision a Republic
As Rule is Tagged Slavery
BIRMINGHAM. - Almost the *»ms
time South African Premier Daniel F. Malan’s separating
of the races policy wax called a “sort of Slavery” by ths
Archbishop of Canterbury here, the Prime Minister reveal-
e«i that when South Africa w
free to take action “without
Speaking before tha itmi
annual meeting of tha British
Council of Churchas. Dr. Geof
fray F. Fishar said tha nama
aparthaid (separation) was mis*
laading.
I Mi* explained *il it were en
tile separation there would he
| much to be said for it. In fuct
i the European seeks still to use
and exploit the labor of the Af
riean and keep him not apart
from under.”
Will Ba Republic
Prune Minister Malan in Pirto
ria, South Africa, stated last
Wednesday night that a South
Africa republic will be set up
whenever the country is consid
ered ripe lor it.
Long tielieved favorable to pull
ing the country out of the. Brif’th
| Commonwealth. Malan added that
Complaint
Nets Truck
Driver Rank
Union, Company N
to Honor Seniority
A nearly year-old fight tn
net i ace workers with senior
ity in the Ford Dearborn
plant garages to be upgrad
ed to truck drivers culminat
ed last week when Steve
Ayler. 1526 Oregon, wa»
classified for that position.
Action was taken after union
and company hurdled over she
charge that Ayler wa* refuted
truck driver clarification tore
ly because of hit race at wnt
she practice of company otfi
cialt of she Transportation Unit.
Robert Battles, president of
the Deal hum Specialty Foundry,
made the charge when Aylet udi
efuse 1 the position despite hia
seniority last Tuesday.
Year-Old Battle
Battles, vvlio h*d been worl ng
!on the problem since June 1952.
but (< dd novel produce p unlive
evidence, was barged-up bv Bill
! Johnson. Dearborn Iron Foundry
| president, and Joe Morgan Fiame
and Cold Header president
A complaint was lodgisi w;m
the Ford Loral 600 whose piesi
dt nt. Carl Stellate. immediately
m>-t with other union represen
tatives and had all agree on the
nerd and enforcement of up.
. jading on a seniority basi«.
Meet With Officials
The union then arranged a
1 meeting with top Ford officials at
! which they denied that the com
pany's policy was to discriminate
lin hiring and upgrading and
(agreed that Avlcr should get
i truck drivei classification
Further, it was agreed that us
thi future (May US' all truck
i di i\*i rs would ho upgraded from
tl.i garages which have about
pe: cent rare employes
j Speaking on the attitude of the
Ford Common officials. Stellato
l stated: “Thi Fvd Mote Coni
pnry s basic policy on hiring and
| upgrading i« one of non-diserim
in« tion and qualifies them for un-
I questionable leadership in thts
field "
Cos to the Top
I He added:, 'At t ines it is rive
ts-ary to go to the top when les*
si i officials of the company try
to circumvent this policy "
Reportedly the companv offic
ials of the Transportation Unit
h..ve ovei a number ol yean
hued new persons as truck driv
ers while refusing to upgr&di men
with seniority from the ga ageg
u ho are in the majority Negroe*.
, ripe for a republic, it was
asking anyone."
i South Africa is tree to take ac
tions "without a-king anyone*
about setting-up a republic
Spurs Race Hat*
The booster ot white supiem
acy and strict rucial segregation
laws addressed about 10.000 sup
porters of his Nationalist Party
in the first r«llv since it emei ged
victorious in the recent general
election.
Housewives* League
Eastern Head Passei
Mrs. Maty F Turner, North
eastern Regional Director of tha
National Housewives' League,
died last Saturday in a Boston.
Mass hospital A native of Bos
ton. she has been active with
the movement of the League te»
boost rice-owned businesses tor
over two decades.

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